San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-09-05
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER, 5. 1887.
FOR BREEZY SAN ANTONIO.

The signs OF the times indicate that
the great insctiOn Of this hitherto SOM
nOlent city is on the eve OF breaking
up. The work Of blowing up the hard
crust is well begun and the seed Of q
nineteenth century enterprise ls being
scattered around In spots. The COM
mittee Of thirty have fairly entered
upon their work and the spirit Of munich
pal progress is being stimulated by
every means possible. That some good
will accrue from this work thus intelli-
gently undertaken cannot be doubted.
This however is but the beginning Of
that which must be. This whole city
must be visited and every mechanic as
we'll as every capitalist Thoroughly
Interested In the work OF stirring up
this whole town. Money IS a great con-
sideratiOn, but it is not the only one.
The very effort to secure subscriptions
ia in itself means Of enlisting
cooperation and creating an
interest in all quarters that can
not very well be otherwise evoked
When every man and woman in the
city begins to talk about the new day
that Is dawning; and every mechanic as
well rs every merchant makes his con-
rribution to the work OF advertising and
encouraging manufacturing, there will
grow belief in the future Of this city,
which will have a very marked effect
upon all her work of increase. Every
letter that reaches the north and the
east will uncOnsClOusly breathe that
spirit OF progress which it is so difficult
to engender, and the work so hard to be-
gin, will be largely carried on by its
own momentum, once 1t is fairly
under way. That West End syndicate
began at the right end Hotel acoommo-
datiODs for pleasure and health-seekers
is the very fret necessity. This work is
very actively enlisting the attention of
our mOnied men. Three schemes
OF no incOnsiderable magnitude
Two for hotels and one
for an extensive sanitarlum-
are already taking form. The West
End hotel may be accepted as an as
sured fact. The other hotel is In the
hands OF men who do not usually stop
at trifies. They are men OF business
sagscity, brains, push, capital, and In
position to command all capital re-
quired. The scheme for large sanl-
tarium Is not so generally known, but
there are movements on foot In this d.
rectlOn that are not to be overlooked
This matter OF hotels and sanitarIum
provided for, then comes the work OF
advertising our natural advantages.
The proper provision made for the ao-
oOmmodatiOn OF those thousands who
should winter here every year, the pub
fishing abroad OF our natural attrac-
tions, and our advantages-comme cial,
Industrial, climatio-will follow in or
der. These advantages are by no means
as circumsoribed as those who have given
little or no thought to the subject
Imagine. The actual facts are that
our real advantages are largely I'M
known to our own people. Commercial
ly-This city is the natural distributor OF
a trade reaching for hundreds of miles
northwest and southwest. A trade that
should legitimately reach to Fort Worth
on the north, Ell Paso on the northwest.
and include the whole region from the
Rio Grande to the Colorado river and
the head waters Of the Brazos and the
Trinity. Northern Mexico lies largely
in the track Of our commerce and wise
use Of our advantages would gather the
trade OF vast region below the Rio
Grande. lndustrlally-This is the oea-
ter Of the wool trade and OF the cattle
interests OF the state. StOck-yards, re-
frlgerators, wooden mills, tanneries, and
all Industries that lie In just relation to
these raw products, should be estab-
lished here and If established would
flourish as healthy plants In native soil.
Climatioally-This is natures healing
ground. The finest climate in the
United States Is found at this
great commercial and industrial GEN.
ter. The healing power of
this air is borne testimony TO By every
physician who has had knowledge Of its